Review of Bright Leaves (2004) by Jack Mathews for New York Daily News — 25 Aug 2004
This might have come off as both self-indulgent and preachy if McElwee weren't so persuasively earnest. "Bright Leaves" becomes both a mystery and memoir in progress and though the filmmaker does not find the truth he is looking for, it was clearly a quest worth undertaking.
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This review of Bright Leaves (2004) was written by Jack Mathews and published by New York Daily News on 25 Aug 2004.
Bright Leaves has generally received positive reviews.
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